"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.